folder_deploy
Deploy a local folder of static files (HTML/CSS/JS/images etc.) to ESA Function & Pages and return a default access URL. The folder will be packaged as assets and uploaded.
LABSCO SUMMARY
The distance between "here is the HTML" and "here is the link" is one call.
Both tools end at a URL, which is exactly what the throwaway case needs — a preview, a generated report, a one-page demo that has to be looked at by someone who is not you. In the Pages module everything after the deploy is elsewhere — no listing of what you have already put up, no update in place, no delete; listing, updating and deleting live in the Edge Routine and Site modules, for routines, routes and DNS records rather than Pages deployments.
What it is
Alibaba Cloud's ESA server, split into modules you pick by binary: mcp-server-esa-pages holds the two deploy tools — one takes an HTML string, the other packages a local folder as assets — while the README lists 16 Edge Routine tools and 26 Site tools behind mcp-server-esa-er and mcp-server-esa-site, and mcp-server-esa loads all three.
What you get
- An HTML page deployed under a name you choose, with its access URL returned
- A local folder of static files — HTML, CSS, JS, images — packaged as assets and uploaded in one call
- A description recorded alongside a folder deployment
Requirements
ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET, for an account that can reach ESA Function & Pages.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — npx -y -p mcp-server-esa mcp-server-esa-pages, then supply credentials
USE CASES
01
Sharing a page the agent has just written
Hand the HTML straight over with a name and get the access URL back, so what was a code block in the conversation becomes a link the person who asked for it can open.
02
Putting a built static site somewhere people can reach it
Point the deploy at the output directory and the whole folder — HTML, CSS, JS and images — is packaged as assets and uploaded in one call, with a description recorded alongside it.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
html_deploy
Quickly deploy an HTML page to ESA Function & Pages and return a default access URL to the user.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected; the project documents 44. The package ships four binaries: mcp-server-esa-pages gives 2 tools, mcp-server-esa-er 16, mcp-server-esa-site 26, and mcp-server-esa loads all of them. Change the binary in args to change the set.
Requires
- ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID in your environment
- ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET in your environment
Where it runs
All 8 documented setups run the server on your machine.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx -y -p mcp-server-esa mcp-server-esa-pagesMCP Clients
Cursor — Pages, Claude Desktop — Pages
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"esa-pages": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"-p",
"mcp-server-esa",
"mcp-server-esa-pages"
],
"env": {
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID>",
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Cursor — all modules, Claude Desktop — all modules
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"esa-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-server-esa"
],
"env": {
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID>",
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}If you authenticate with an STS token, also add ALIBABA_CLOUD_SECURITY_TOKEN to env with that token; the project marks it optional and needed only for STS.
Cursor — Edge Routine, Claude Desktop — Edge Routine
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"esa-er": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"-p",
"mcp-server-esa",
"mcp-server-esa-er"
],
"env": {
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID>",
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Cursor — Site, Claude Desktop — Site
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"esa-site": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"-p",
"mcp-server-esa",
"mcp-server-esa-site"
],
"env": {
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID>",
"ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "<YOUR_ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}
